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Review of the law of set-off
Reference received: 26 September 1997
Report
Report 94: Set-off (PDF, 210.4 KB) [PDF, 215Kb], February 2000
- Tabled in parliament: 4 April 2000
- Legislative action: Civil Procedure Act 2005 cl 21, Sch 5.29 [1] and Sch 6 cl 6
Discussion paper
Discussion Paper 40: Set-off, March 1998
- Judical citation: Abignano v Wenkart (1998) 9 BPR 16,765
Terms of reference
- To review the current law relating to set-off with a view to determining whether any change is needed.
- In undertaking the review the Commission should have regard to the law relating to set-off that existed prior to the Imperial Acts Application Act 1969 and to judicial comment on the operation of the provisions in this Act relating to set-off.
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